Breastfeeding your baby gives him or her the best possible start in life and has many benefits for both you and your baby. This section provides information to help you get breastfeeding off to a good start, to enable you to continue breastfeeding for as long as you wish and support you throughout your feeding journey with information and local sources of support. Use the options on the left hand menu for more detailed advice.

Local Support

Baby Cafe

The Baby Cafe offers specialist support to breastfeeding mums experiencing persistent and complex breastfeeding problems. Support is provided by experienced and trained health professionals including lactation consultants, midwives, health visitors and community nursery nurses. The Baby Cafe also provides support with all aspects of breastfeeding and its impact on daily life and the opportunity to chat to other mums and breastfeeding peer supporters. The peer supporters will be available at these locations:

Halifax and Huddersfield Baby Cafes are closed on Thursday 15th November

For information on locations please click 'Clinic Information and Times' on the left.

Baby Bistros

Baby Bistros are support groups run by trained volunteer Mums who use their breastfeeding experience to support Mums to breastfeed their babies. Our peer support volunteers are trained to support mums experiencing simple breastfeeding problems. The Bistros provide mums with the opportunity to get together in an informal environment to socialise and support each other in all aspects of feeding their babies.